We were off last week recovering from our collective holiday hangover but don’t worry, now we’re back and so are your favorite podcasts. This week features appearances from A-list comedians such as David Cross, Patton Oswalt, Steven Wright, Todd Barry, Margaret Cho, Nick Offerman and more, all of whom give a glimpse into the way their own comedic process works.

But we’re not content to stop there and correspondingly this week sees podcast hosts such as Todd Glass and Marc Maron becoming interview subjects themselves while director Joe Berlinger gets serious with Alec Baldwin about his latest documentary Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory. So pick your favorite podcast, cue it up and start listening. Hey, in between laughs you might even learn something.

ESSENTIAL LISTENING
Thursday, December 12th
Steven Wright on WTF?
This week on WTF Marc Maron has on comedy legend Steven Wright who manages to tell a countless number of amazing stories with his signature deadpan delivery. During the course of the interview Wright talks about how he wanted to be a comedian ever since he was a teenager and elaborates on how he developed his unique brand of comedy. “They don’t care about [the style], they just want to hear something funny,” Wright says at one point—and aspiring comics should take that to heart.

Friday, January 13th
Patton Oswalt, David Cross and Wayne Federman on Doug Loves Movies
Doug Benson always has great guests on Doug Loves Movies but he took the cake this week when he had Patton Oswalt, David Cross and Wayne Federman on the show to bring the audience up to speed on their various projects and play the Leonard Maltin game. Spoiler alert: Doug Benson summarizes the entire plot of We Bought A Zoo in twenty seconds during the podcast if you haven’t had a chance to see it yet. Seriously.

ADDITIONAL LISTENING
Thursday, January 12th
Donald Faison on The Adam Carolla Show
Skyler Stone on Mohr Stories
Steven Wright on WTF?
Todd Barry and Chris Gethard on The Best Show On WFMU
Chelsea Peretti and Bobby Miyamoto on The Todd Glass Show
Frank DeCaro and Kate Beaton on How Was Your Week?

Sunday, January 15th
Dr. Bruce on The Adam Carolla Show
Graham Elwood on Doug Loves Movies
KWR and Dangerous Joe on You Know What Dude!
Joe Berlinger on Here’s The Thing

Monday, December 16th
Nick Offerman and James Adomian on Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast
Margaret Cho on Girl On Guy
Dana Gould on Never Not Funny
Steven Rinella and Brian Redban on The Joe Rogan Experience
Todd Glass on WTF?

Tuesday, December 17th
Pete Holmes on The Adam Carolla Show

Wednesday, December 18th
Ian Edwards on The Adam Carolla Show
Hamilton Morris and Brian Redban on The Joe Rogan Experience
Marc Maron on You Made It Weird

Thursday, December 19th
Fred Stoller on WTF?

OUR PODCAST LIST:
Christopher Titus Podcast with Christopher Titus
Citizen Radio with Jamie Kilstein
Comedy Bang Bang with Scott Aukerman
The Comedy Cellar Live From The Table
Comedy Metal Midgets with Jim Florentine
Deathsquad with Brian Redban
Doug Loves Movies with Doug Benson
Fitzdog Radio with Greg Fitzsimmons
Girl On Guy with Aisha Tyler
How Did This Get Made? with Paul Scheer and Jason Mantzoukas
How Was Your Week with Julie Klausner
In The Tank with Jon Fisch
Mike And Tom Eat Snacks with Michael Ian Black
Mohr Stories with Jay Mohr
Monday Morning Podcast with Bill Burr
My Wife Hates Me with Rich Vos and Bonnie McFarlane
Never Not Funny with Jimmy Pardo
The Onion Radio News with The Onion
Sklarbro Country with Randy and Jason Sklar
SModcast with Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier
The Adam Carolla Show with Adam Carolla
The Best Show on WFMU with Tom Scharpling
The Joe Rogan Experience with Joe Rogan
The Jersey Jerks
The Nerdist with Chris Hardwick
The Pod F. Tompkast with Paul F. Tompkins
The Ricky Gervais Podcast with Ricky Gervais
The Smartest Man In The World with Greg Proops
The Todd Glass Show with Todd Glass
WTF? Podcast with Marc Maron
You Know What Dude? with Robert Kelly
You Made It Weird with Pete Holmes